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Shareholder Engagement and Firm Value Creating Outcomes in Kenya

Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 2019
Purpose: The objective of the study was to determine the firm value creating outcomes arising from institutional shareholder engagement in Kenya. Methodology: The study used data from a sample of 117 institutional investors in the Nairobi Securities ...
Amos Muhinga Kimunya, Amos Njuguna, Francis Wambalamba   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Translating Circularity Into Strategy: A Governance Meta‐Capability Framework

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms struggle to transition to circular economy (CE) models, often citing external barriers. Yet some firms succeed, whereas others fail: Why? We argue that success depends on a specific governance capability—a meta‐capability that allows firms to (1) sense and strategically reframe CE imperatives, (2) seize opportunities by aligning diverse ...
Felix Carl Schultz, Vladislav Valentinov   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the determinants of the voting behavior using a genetic algorithm

European Research on Management and Business Economics, 2016
Using data about votes emitted by funds in meetings held by United States banks from 2003 to 2013, we apply a genetic algorithm to a set of financial variables in order to detect the determinants of the vote direction.
Marcos Vizcaíno-González, Juan Pineiro-Chousa, M. Ángeles López-Cabarcos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the role of institutional investors in voting, monitoring and dialogue engagement in mitigating agency conflict in Malaysia’s public listed companies

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Institutional investors are very important for keeping shareholder value high by reducing agency conflict and promoting good governance. Recent governance scandals have placed Malaysia on the global stage, jeopardising the publicly listed companies (PLCs)
Anisa Safiah Maznorbalia, Muhammad Aiman Awalluddin, Ardzlyn Hawatul Yuhanis Ayob   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Types of political connections, election years, and firm performance in Pakistan: Moderating role of external monitoring

Cogent Business & Management, 2023
The study aims to examine the impact of different types of political connections in Pakistan on the performance of firms. We further examine whether the presence of external monitors, such as foreign and institutional investors, can moderate the impact ...
Muhammad Saif Ul Islam, Woei-Chyuan Wong, Mohd Yushairi Bin Mat Yusoff   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Returns to Shareholder Activism. [PDF]

, 2008
This article reports a unique analysis of private engagements by an activist fund. It is based on data made available to us by Hermes, the fund manager owned by the British Telecom Pension Scheme (BTPS), on engagements with management in companies targeted by its U.K. Focus Fund (HUKFF).
Marco Becht, Julian Franks, Colin Mayer, Stefano Rossi   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Powering Transparency: Global Drivers of Sustainability Reporting in the Electricity Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the drivers of sustainability reporting quality (QSR), conceptualised along two complementary dimensions, relevance and reliability, to assess how firm‐level attributes and institutional conditions jointly shape disclosure practices in the electricity sector.
Alva Marasigan, Muhammad Nurul Houqe, Warwick Stent, Olayinka Moses   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Does institutional shareholder activism benefit the monitoring firm?”

Future Business Journal
Many empirical studies have proved that shareholder activism has a negative or negligible impact on the share value and profitability of investee firms.
Kiran Kumar, Priyanka Anvekar
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Governance–Disclosure Nexus: Board Structures and ESG Disclosures in South Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how governance structures such as board composition and board functions influence environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting among listed South African firms. This study examines 90 public listed companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange between 2012 and 2022.
Henriette Elsabe Scholtz, Suzanne Kieviet   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Corporate Sociopolitical Activism (CSA) impacts portfolio allocations: an experiment

International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 2023
If a firm signals that they identify on one end of the conservative-liberal spectrum, will political affiliation help predict how an investor will allocate their investment dollars to that firm? Using an experimental survey design with 1,494 participants,
Shane Enete, Tim Sturr
doaj   +1 more source